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UNITED STATES PATENT @mucn.

BERNARD M. ONEILL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CEMENT FOR CHIMNEYS, ROOFS, 8.1.0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,124, dated August 26, 1884.

(N0 specimens.)

following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This cement is of especial value in the construction of chimneys and roofs, but can also be used in many other places.

It consists in the ingredients combined sub stantially as hereinafter described, and designated in the claim.

Of sand, take by measure one part; of yellow clay, take by measure two parts; of ashessuch as soft'coal ashestake by measure six parts. Thoroughly mix these ingredients together, and combine therewith enough linseedoil to make a plastic compound, using therefor by measure nearly as much oil as ashes.

I do not desire, however, to be confined strict- 1y to these proportions. This cementis strong, fire-proof, and water-proof.

I am aware that limestone, sand, Portland cement, dry zinc, and linseed-oil have been combined to form an adhesive cement, and also that blue clay, ashes, and lime have been combined to form a hydraulic cement. I therefore do not claim such compounds; but

I claim- The herein-described cement, the same consisting of sand, clay, ashes, and linseed-oil combined substantially in the proportions specified.

Vvitness my hand.

BERNARD M. ONEILL.

\Vitnesses:

CHAS. D. MOODY, ADoLrnUs I. LUSTIG. 

